- Date
- August 22, 1984, 19:00 local (Aug 23, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cottage Grove, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7890HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840822042899A
- Case key
- 12748
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While over-flying a local arpt at aprx 200 ft AGL the eng lost power. A forced landing was made in an adjacent alfalfa field. The acft landed hard in a nose low attitude and came to rest about 90 ft from initial ground contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7890H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-794
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian E. Linden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 24, 1984 · 1,414 hours before
- Departed
- Stoughton, WI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 895 total · 6 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.